Corel WordPerfect 7 For Unix and Linux

by: Corel

Publication date: 1998-06

Topics: Productivity, Linux

Language: English

Corel WordPerfect 7 For Unix Linux ( 7.0) ( 1998 06) [ English] ( CD)

2022 Update: WordPerfect 7 for Unix/Linux is a "character based" word processor that is very similar in functionality to WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS. WP7 can now be installed on modern versions of Linux and Windows (via WSL2), thanks to a special project created by by Tavis Ormandy. Please see the links below for more information:

https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/wordperfect - Background about the project of porting WordPerfect 7 Unix/Linux to modern operating systems

https://github.com/taviso/wpunix - Github repository of installation files.

http://wpdos.org/unix.html - Edward Mendelson created an installation guide with great hints and tips.

Recommendation: Follow the link to Edward's site before downloading anything. Tavis updated the project to enable WordPerfect 8 for Unix/Linux to run on modern versions of Microsoft Windows. Edward's site will tell you everything you need to know to get started.

DISC 1 - Products

Corel WordPerfect 7 for X Window Systems running:

Digital
IBM AIX
SunOS
Linux
SCO
Solaris

Corel WordPerfect 7 for Character Terminals running:

Digital
IBM AIX
SunOS
Linux
SCO
Solaris

Online User Guide for X Window Systems
130 fonts
93 ExpressDocs for commonly created documents

DISC 2 - Extras

5,000 clipart images in WPG format
200 photos in BMP format
187 textures in BMP format

Minimum System Requirements

Corel WordPerfect 7 for X Window Systems requires:

9 MB memory for first user
2.5 MB memory for each additional user
43 - 104 MB hard disk space, depending on platform and install options

Corel WordPerfect 7 for Character Terminals requires:

2 MB memory for first user
1 MB memory for each additional user
31 - 40 MB hard disk space, depending on platform and install options

Two incredible resources for WordPerfect can be found online at:

WPUniverse.com - an independent and active community dedicated to WordPerfect and WordPerfect Office products like Quattro Pro, Presentations, Paradox, etc.

WPDos.org - an amazing site for fans of the older versions of WordPerfect for DOS and Windows. The site has numerous well-written and thorough tutorials for installing WordPerfect for DOS on modern Windows and Mac computers.